Gate.



l I. R. BURKHOLDER.

GATE.

APPLloATroN 1mm 111111.29. 1905.

PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906.

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GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1906.

Application filed August 29, 1905. Serial No. 276,200.

Be it known that I, IsAAe RUP? BURK- HOLDER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Gate, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates particularly to driveway-gates of that class which can be opened at one side from a vehicle and closed in like manner at the opposite side after having passed through the gateway.

The purpose of the invention is particularly to provide a special construction of hinge, through the medium of which and its connected chains or cables the gate may be freed from its latch and easily and conveniently swung to an open position and returned to a closed position.

Another purpose of the invention is to provide a gate especially adapted for use in connection with the hinge referred to, said gate being provided with means for raising andV lowering it to a greater or lesser extent at its l'ree end. l

The invention consists in the novel construction. and combination oi' the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth,

and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of' this specication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the Iigures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the iinproved gate mounted. and closed, a portion of the main keeper-post being broken away, the gate being shown by dotted lines in the position it assumes just after having been released from its latch for opening or closing.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the upper.

portion o'l' the swing-post, a sectional side elevation of the hinge at that point, and a side elevation oi' the upper swing-corner of the gate; and Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the lower portion of the swing-post, the lower swing-corner of the gate, and the hinge at that point.

A represents a swing-post for the gate B, C the main keeper-post, and D an auxiliary keeper-post at one side of the swing-post A. D represents a second auxiliary keeper-post, located at the opposite side of the said swingpost, as is shown in Fig. 1.

A keeper 10 is secured to the inner Aface ol the main keeper-post C, which keeper faces Vthe free end of the gate B. This keeper is provided with a central recess 11 in its front edge, and the said front edge is beveled or curved from the ends of the said keeper to said recess 11. Each of the auxiliary keeperposts D and Dl is provided with a catch 12, and these catches extend outward from a side portion of the post, to which they are attached, and are provided at their inner faces with recesses 13. The outer end portions of said keepers 12 at their inner faces are inclined or curved in direction of the aforesaid recesses 13.

A spring-latch 14 in the lorm of a strapspring is secured at its upper end to the upright 18 at the iree end of the gate, and said spring is limited in its outward movement by a staple 15, which straddles it, and that portion oi the spring-latch below the said staple 15 is outwardly arched at its free end, so that as the gate closes on a keeper attached to any of the keeper-posts the lower portion of the spring-latch will be compressed or forcedv in,- ward as it rides over the curved or inclined portion of the keeper; but the moment the recess in the keeper is reached the lower end of the spring will automatically spring into said recess to hold the gate either opened or closed, as may be required.

The upper hinge b of the gate, or that meinber oi the hinge which is carried by the gate, consists of a rod 16, which is loosely passed through an upright 17 adjacent to the swingpost A, and this rod 16 at its outer end is bent vertically downward, `forming a pivot 16u. The said rod 16 is carried the full length of the gate and out through the upright 18 at the free end ol the gate, and this outer'end portion of the hinged rod 16 is exteriorly threaded to receive a nut 19, 'as shown in Fig. 1, whereby the pivot-point 16iL can be adjusted in or out, as occasion may demand. The said hinge rod serves materially to strengthen the gate.

The lower hinge b', which is carried by the gate, is shown in detail in Fig. 3, and it consists of an exteriorly-tlueaded bar 20, which is loosely passed through an aperture 21 in the rear or inner standard 17, and an adjusting-nut 22 is mounted on the threaded portion of the rod 2() outside of said standard 17. A lock-nut 23 is located on the same rod at the inside o1 lthe said standard, so that the IOO bar 20 may be made to extend as far outward and inward as its length will permit and be held in adjusted position. The said threaded rod 20 terminates at its outer end in an eye 24, having quite a large opening. The opening of the eye is preferably wider at the top than at the bottom, the said eye 24 of the rod 20 being adapted to receive a pivot-pin 25, secured to a bracket '26, which bracket is attached to the swing-post A. The pivot point or pintle 25 is of much less diameter than the interior diameter of theeye 24 and extends in an upward direction, so that when the hinge b is in engagement with the pintle 25 the lower portion of the gate may rock more ,or less thereon in a vertical direction.

The upper hinge, which is carried by the swing-post A, represents the principal feature of the invention and is clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In the construction of this hinge a shaft E is provided, the upper portion 27 of which is circular in cross-section, and the lower portion 28 is rectangular or poly onal in cross-section. In the lower end of the rectangular or polygonal section 28 of the said shaft E a circular vertical recess 29 is roduced, and at the upper end of the shaft E it is reduced, is rendered polygonal, and is made tapering, forming thereby a bearingpoint 30, the taper of which point is downward and outward. About centrally between the top and bottom of the polygonal section 28 of said shaft E a horizontal lug 29a is formed upon its front face, or that surface which faces the inner upright 17 of the gate. This lug 29a is provided, preferably, with two or more apertures 29', and either one of said apertures is adapted to receive the downwardly-extending pintle-section 16a of the hinge-rod 16 of the ate. The upper portion of the shaft E is he d to turn in an aperture 31, produced in a bracket 32, suitably secured to the inner face of the swing-post A, and a pintle 33 extends into the aperture 29 at the bottom of said shaft E. Said pintle 33 constitutes a portion of a second bracket 34, also secured to the inner face of the swingpost A.

In connection with the shaft E a sweep or crown-piece E is provided. This sweep or crown-piece E is of skeleton segmental construction and comprises a hub 35, having a downwardlytaperedpolygonal opening therein to receive the bearing-point 30 on the shaft E, so that said hub-section 35 wedges itself on the said shaft, Side arms 36 extend from opposite ends of the hub-section 35, and the said side arms extend upwardly and outwardly from said hub-section for aportion of their length, their outer end portions being practically straight, and such portions are integral with or are attached to a horizontal curved bar 37, which is practically a guidebar. On the outer face of this curved guidebar 37, the outer face whereof is convexed, a

series of guide-fingers 38 is" secured, which fingers extend above and below the said bar 37 and have their outer faces concaved.

An operating cable, rope, or chain 39 is suitably attached to the left-hand end of the curved bar-section 37 of the sweep or crownpiece E and is carried in engagement with the said guides 38 to the right-hand auxiliary keeper-post D and through a guide-aperture in the forwardly-extending member 13a of a bracket 13, secured at the upper end of the said keeper-post D, and at the free end of the cable 39 a handle 40 is secured, which serves also as a weight. A second rope, cable, or chain 41 is attached to the right-hand end of the curved bar-section 37 of the sweep or crown-piece E and is carried to the left in engagement with the guide-fingers 38 and is passed through the forwardlyextending member 13b of a bracket 13C, secured to the upper end of the left-hand auxiliary post D, as is shown in Fig. 1, and at the free end of this latter cable 41 a handle 42 is secured, which likewise serves as a weight.v

The gate being closed, as is shown by full lines in Fig. 1, as the gate is approached the right-hand cable 39 is drawn upon, whereupon the sweep or crown-piece E is turned to the right, carrying the lug 29a to the left, twisting the gate in that direction, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and causing the gate to lean more or less to the left, at the same time freeing the latch 14 from the keeper 1() on the main .keeper-post C. Upon further drawing on the cable 39 the gate will be swung to thev left and will engage with the keeper 12 on the left-hand auxiliary keeperpost D. After passing through the gateway should it be desired to close the gate this is done by drawing down upon the left-hand cable 41, whereupon the sweep or crown-piece is turned to the left, carrying the lug 29a to the right and inclining the gate in that direction and releasing it from the keeper of the post D, and when the cableA 41 is released the gate will swing to its normal position and be brought again in locking engagement with the keeper 10 on the main keeper-post C.

It will be observed that the gate is operated almost entirely through the medium of the shaft E and the sweep or crown-piece E', which first twists the gate at its hinged end in the direction that it is to swing, since it gives an inclination in that direction and then lifts the latch of the gate from its keeper, permitting the gate to be carried to open or to closed position as the sweep or crown-piece is further turned.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination with a gate, a pintle member located at the upper portion of the inner upright of the gate and an eyebolt extending from the lower portion of the same IOO IIO

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upright, or a swing-post provided with a pintle at its lower portion adapted to enter the said eyebolt of the gate, brackets secured to the upper portion of the swing-post, one bracket being provided with an upwardlyextending pintle and the other bracket with an apertureJ a 'shaft passed through the said aperture in the said bracket, which shaft has an aperture in its lower end to receive the said pintle of the other bracket, a lug extending out from the shaft, apertured to receive the hinge-pintle of the gate, a sweep or crownpiece attached to the upper portion of the shaft and of segmental formation, provided at its outer or convexed portion with transverse fingers having their outer faces concaved, and operating-ropes for the gate attached t0 opposite endsof the convexed outer portion of the sweep and extending in Aopposite directions in engagement with said lingers, and guides for said operating-ropes.

2. A gate provided with a hinge-rod passend being downwardly bent to form a pintle, v

an adjusting-nut at the threaded end of the said hinge-rod, a shaft having an apertured lug Jfor engaging the pintle, upper and lower bearings for the shaft, a crown-piece or sweep carried by the shaft, guide-lingers located upon the semioircular section of the sweep, operating-ropes for the gate attached to opposite ends of the sweep7 an eye secured to the lower part of' the rear end upright, and a pintle engaging the eye.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ISAAC RUIJP BURKHOLDER.

Witnesses:

HARLEY E. NEWLIN, M. MCFADYEN. 

